Before the trade for Bills left tackle Cordy Glenn officially went through Wednesday, he pondered his number in Bengals’ stripes as he gazed at the lockers of the offensive line during Tuesday’s brisk meet-and-greet at Paul Brown Stadium. The man who wore No. 77 in Buffalo knows that is not exactly a hidden figure in Cincinnati.

Cordy Glenn Sr., who once covered Moses Malone when Dominique Wilkins didn’t want to in Atlanta’s high powered pro-am basketball league, gave himself the biggest assignment of all. After he first gifted his athleticism to his son with the same name, officially named the newest Bengal Wednesday.

Eric Wood, the Elder High School grad who centered the Buffalo offensive line for the past decade, has the lowdown on reportedly the Bengals' new starting left tackle. Cordy Glenn is "an anchor," and "a stand-up guy."

Happy New Year. The first day of the NFL’s economic calendar for the 2018 season is Wednesday. But the two weeks leading up to it have been more like Mardi Gras. Which means there is just enough volatility in the market that you don’t quite know what is going to happen to the Bengals this week.

The Bengals and the National Football League Foundation Grassroots Program teamed up to contribute $250,000 to Activities Beyond the Classroom (ABC), who will install a synthetic turf field at South Avondale Elementary School.

The Bengals are looking to re-sign a handful of their own players when free agency starts next week, but they’ve been active looking at veterans already on the market that they think can help them shore up some weaknesses. The agent for vet defensive tackle Chris Baker says he's signed up.

There are more questions than answers on the Bengals offense these days, but there is one absolute (besides Andy Dalton, A.J. Green and Giovani Bernard) that has emerged this offseason and crystalized at last week’s NFL scouting combine. Joe Mixon.

INDIANAPOLIS - It’s an intriguing NFL scouting combine for the Bengals offensive line. For the first time in 38 years they’ve got a new line coach in Frank Pollack and a new offensive coordinator in Bill Lazor. Lazor has made it a point this this offseason to make sure the coordinator is on the same wavelength with the line coach, spending about eight hours with him here the last two days. Are they talking about Notre Dame tackle Mike McGlinchey?

INDIANAPOLIS - For a team that is set at quarterback with Andy Dalton, Bengals director of player personnel Duke Tobin had a lot to say about the position during Wednesday’s media availability at the NFL scouting combine.

As he packed up his locker on Monday, AJ McCarron wore an Alabama sweatshirt and hat. He was obviously looking forward to seeing if his alma mater would beat Clemson later that night for college football’s national championship.